Sunday, March 23, 2014

A numerous years back I made a quilt using half-hexis and the grandmother flower garden pattern using Bali-pops. Since I enjoyed that project, I decided to make another one using the quilt-as-you-go method to attach the rows. After selecting and grouping the Bali-pop strips, I cut them into half-hexis.

The half-hexis were arranged into flowers for the front, and leftover half-hexis were incorporated onto the back. I used my Singer 224 to attach the half-hexis to the back fabric with a decorative stitch.

For the front of the quilt, I pieced the half-hexis together into rows.

Next, I hand-basted the sandwich of muslin, batting, and back of quilt together. After drawing my starting line onto the muslin, I placed my first two rows down on the line and stitched them into place.

From there, I continued to add rows using my Davis NVF.

I decided to use the quilt-as-you-go method for quilting since there would be no quilting lines to distract from the simplicity of the flower garden motif.

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Hello!I'm a mom that loves to quilt, garden, collect vintage sewing machines, and travel the world. Besides my love of quilting, I enjoy collecting vintage sewing machines and treadling. All of my machines that I use for quilting are in treadles! I also enjoy evenings reading other quilters blogs when not quilting or virtually touring the world. I thank many wonderful quilters for sharing their techniques, favorite fabrics, tutorials, and finished quilts. From their wealth of information, I have learned so much and enjoy learning more. -Monica